2010 Pennsylvania Code
Title 3 - AGRICULTURE
Chapter 42 - Aquacultural Development
4216 - Aquaculture Advisory Committee.

     § 4216.  Aquaculture Advisory Committee.
        (a)  Establishment and composition.--The Aquaculture Advisory
     Committee is hereby established as a departmental advisory board
     within the department. The advisory committee shall consist of
     21 members of whom the following 12 shall be members ex officio:
            (1)  The secretary.
            (2)  The Secretary of Environmental Protection.
            (3)  The Secretary of Community and Economic Development.
            (4)  The Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Fish and
        Boat Commission.
            (5)  The chairman and minority chairman of the
        Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee of the Senate.
            (6)  The chairman and minority chairman of the
        Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee of the House of
        Representatives.
            (7)  The chairman and minority chairman of the Game and
        Fisheries Committee of the Senate.
            (8)  The chairman and minority chairman of the Game and
        Fisheries Committee of the House of Representatives.
     Ex officio members may designate a substitute for membership. Ex
     officio members cast votes at committee meetings.
        (b)  Appointments by secretary.--The remaining nine members
     shall be appointed by the secretary as follows:
            (1)  Three appointees must be active, resident cold or
        cool water aquaculture producers.
            (2)  One appointee must be an active, resident warm water
        aquaculture producer.
            (3)  One appointee must be an active, resident indoor
        aquaculture producer.
            (4)  One appointee must be an active, resident servicer
        or supplier to the aquaculture industry.
            (5)  One appointee must be an active, resident
        aquacultural wholesaler, food broker or food merchant.
            (6)  One appointee must be an active, resident aquarium
        or ornamental species aquacultural merchant.
            (7)  One appointee must be a representative of
        recreational sport fishing.
        (c)  Tenure and convention.--All appointed members shall
     serve terms of three years. Ex officio members shall serve so
     long as the official continues to serve in an official position.
     The advisory committee shall convene at the discretion of the
     secretary or his designee, who shall serve as chairman of the
     committee.
        (d)  Responsibility of committee.--The advisory committee
     shall draft and submit an aquacultural plan to the secretary on
     or before December 31, 1999. The focus of the plan shall be
     economic development to include recommendations for regulations
     necessary to foster development of aquaculture. The advisory
     committee shall also advise the secretary on matters relating to
     aquacultural production and development.